Senior officials at the White House have been quietly vetting potential replacements for Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg. Reuters reported that the vetting effort dates back to at least June, with two of its sources saying White House officials had sounded out senior Senators on whether prospective nominees could win confirmation. One source indicated the exercise was still active as recently as late August, though the outlet could not pin down exactly when the search began or who was being considered. The administration, meanwhile, insists no such process exists and that Feinberg remains firmly in his post. Both the White House and the Pentagon rejected the report outright. White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly dismissed the sourcing behind the story, while Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Feinberg had his complete backing and was "doing a tremendous job." The Pentagon separately denied that any replacement search was under way and declined to make Fei...
Elvish Yadav and Tejasswi Prakash are facing attention after a video from Playground Season 5 showed a heated argument between the two mentors. In the clip, Elvish was speaking to members of his team about their performance when Tejasswi interrupted him. The conversation soon became tense. Elvish told her to shut up using an abusive word. That left Tejasswi fuming. Elvish Yadav has now explained his side of the matter. He accused Tejasswi of leaking footage from the sets and claimed that it may have been done to gain attention or make him look responsible for the fight. He also said he did not want the incident to be turned into a male-female issue. Elvish defended his reaction by saying he responded according to the situation. On X, Elvish wrote, “If someone tries to create a ‘boy-girl' narrative about me on national television, I'm not okay with it and honestly, no one should be. Dragging a gender angle into everything is not cool. I responded in the language that the ...